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Leaf from the ‘5 Surahs’ Qur’anic Album

CultureProbably Jala’irid, Baghdad, Iraqi
Datec. 1370
MediumInk and gold on paper
Dimensionssheet: 17 × 13 3/4 in. (43.2 × 35 cm)
Classificationsmanuscripts
Credit LineSpecial Acquisition Fund
Object number2019.16.1
DescriptionFolio from an Arabic manuscript on paper, 5 lines of muhaqqaq script in black ink outlined in gold to the page, text block ruled in gold, blue and red, verse markers illuminated in gold, blue and black, margins restored.
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